PROTEST THE MAINSTREAMING OF PROSTITUTION

Vancouver Canada July 20 2001

We join with the women and men of Vancouver who do not see prostitution as entertainment. Prostitution causes great harm to women and girls, especially poor women, and especially First Nations women. Raves which trivialize prostitution as "pimp 'n 'ho night - sexual attire desired" are teaching men to sell, abuse and rape women (which is what pimps do) and they are teaching young women that it is fun to be sexually exploited.

Corporate sponsors of events which promote prostitution deserve economic boycott and publicity regarding their advertising choices.

Signed,

  1. Justice for Girls, Vancouver, BC. Canada
  2. Prostitution Alternatives Counselling and Education (PACE), Vancouver, BC, Canada
  3. Prostitution Research & Education, Vancouver, BC Canada
  4. Coalition against Trafficking in Women Canada
  5. Vancouver Native Health Service, Canada
  6. Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society, Vancouver, Canada
  7. Covenant House, Vancouver, Canada
  8. Theosis Ontario, Canada
  9. Council of Canadians , British Colombia Regional Organizing Office
  10. Escape, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

  11. Movement for the Abolition of Prostitution and Pornography and All Forms of Sexual Violence and Sexist Discrimination, Paris, France.
  12. Center for Traditional Medicine,
    an agency of the Center for World Indigenous Studies    , Olympia WA USA
  13. Living Without Violence and Exploitation - DIGNITY Listserve
    (Representing 183 subscribers from 33 countries)
  14. The Angel Coalition Moscow, Russia

  15. Phoenix Women Take Back the Night
  16. Congregation of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
    an NGO in special status with Economic Social Council of the United Nations

  17. Prostitution Research & Education, San Francisco, California, USA

  18. Men for Gender Justice USA

  19. Creating Social Justice, California, USA

  20. Media Watch USA

  21. Equality Now, New York, NY USA
  22. Friends of Malaekahana, Hawaii USA

  23. International Centre for the Study of Violence and Abuse
    The University of Sunderland, United Kingdom
  24. Breaking Free, St. Paul, Minnesota USA
  25. Victims of Violence Program, Cambridge Health Alliance
    Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
To contact any of these organizations, send your request to mfarley@prostitutionresearch.com, and clarify your interest in this issue, your message will be forwarded.

Individuals

Michelle J. Anderson Villanova University School of Law Pennsylvania, USA

Tamara Bedic

Twiss Butler Member National Organization for Women & Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, USA

Phyllis Chesler, New York, NY USA

Ann Cotton, Psychologist, Seattle WA USA

Nikki Craft Executive Director, ACLU, USA

Andrea Dworkin New York, NY USA

Matt Ezzell Women's Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill USA

Wendy Freed, Psychiatrist, Seattle Washington, USA

Lalini Gunawardena

Catharine A. MacKinnon Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Vicki Meyer, Women's Studies, University of South Florida, USA

Linnea W. Smith, Psychiatrist and Member of North Carolina Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect

Linda Vogel, O'Brien, Oregon USA

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